Diane Ackerman Quotes
There is a furnace in our cells, and when we breathe we pass the world through our bodies, brew it lightly, and turn it loose again, gently altered for having known us.
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My favourite outfit was this black lace dress that I found in a vintage shop in Williamsburg, New York.
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In order to raise money from somebody, you have to understand who is this person, not to deceive them but to understand them. What would be their motives for contributing money? Why do these people contribute money to some places, but not to others? That's attunement - treating everybody well, but not treating everybody the same.
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My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it.
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I'm not attached to things at all. I'm very lucky to have quite a few beautiful things, but if I look back at my life, I was often happiest when I had very little.
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'Dhruva' will have them glued to their seats throughout, and I'm sure of that.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
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An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.
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I've been working straight since 2003, so I might just want to take an improv or theater class. That excites me. I can't wait to do different characters - not necessarily the leading chick who gets the guy, but the weird, freaky cousin.
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The condition of rage is one in which I find myself starting my day - once I see the news headlines.
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Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
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My father cared about the world he lived in, and so he admitted his confusion about his place in America because he didn't want me to make the same mistake in my life.
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I just want to be in good things that I want to see, and I want to work with talented people who are smarter than myself.
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I am a medium. In the same way, doctors are mediums to bring treatment.
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I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.
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I don't mind being the center of attention as a character but in real life it's not for me.
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Growing up around British music, you realise how much depth there is to it... my stuff is different to the likes of Pitbull for that reason.
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I'm a chill guy, a very normal guy. I hang out with my friends, play video games. I'm just a normal kid.
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Maintaining marriage seems to be tougher than fatherhood: apparently it's the most difficult thing in the world.
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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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Sanitising stories, leaching out all of the sense of danger and the darkness out of the stories, actually reduces them and stops them from doing what they're supposed to do, which is teach us how to manage our lives.
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A Wall Street money manager should not be able to pay a lower tax rate than a teacher or a nurse.
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There is a furnace in our cells, and when we breathe we pass the world through our bodies, brew it lightly, and turn it loose again, gently altered for having known us.
